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Best Wine Bars in Madrid

By Justin Mota, Guidavera founder/Published /Updated /9 min read

Introduction

The Madrid wine bars List We Send to Friends

Madrid drinks its wine in a lot of different rooms: a sherry bar where the tabs are chalked on the counter, a Lavapiés taberna that is also a shop and an importer, a stall inside a food market pouring natural wine to vinyl. This list covers 16 places you go primarily to drink wine, from La Fisna, Bendito Vinos y Vinilos and La Canibal to Angelita, The Library and La Venencia. For each one we've checked what the venue itself says about its list, its hours and its food, so you know what you're walking into.

The short answer

Key Picks at a Glance

In a hurry? These are the essential picks from our full ranking below.

  • For natural wine at a market stall
    Bendito Vinos y Vinilos

    a natural wine bar and bottle shop at stall 4 in the Mercado de San Fernando, with cheese and charcuterie alongside.

  • For a Lavapiés taberna that is also a shop
    La Fisna

    small-producer wines in the old Casa Donato on Calle del Amparo, with a short daily carta.

  • For a candlelit evening
    Casa Neutrale Wine Bar

    a small natural wine room in Almagro with few tables, open Tuesday to Saturday evenings.

  • For a boutique-sized shelf of wine
    The Library

    around 3,500 references on the shelves and close to 80 poured by the glass, on Calle de Serrano.

  • For sherry only
    La Venencia

    Manzanilla, Fino, Amontillado, Oloroso and Palo Cortado from the barrel, with no photos and no tips.

  • For a wine-led lunch or dinner
    García de la Navarra

    a family vinoteca by the Prado, with daily cooking suggestions and by-the-glass wines chalked on a slate.

Before you order

A Guide to wine bars in Madrid

What counts as a wine bar in Madrid?

A wine bar, or vinoteca, is a place you go mainly to drink wine, with food there to go alongside it. In Madrid that covers natural-wine bars, classic tabernas with long lists, sherry bars, wine shops with a bar, and a few restaurants that present themselves as a vinoteca. A restaurant with a good wine list doesn't automatically count.

What is natural wine?

Natural wine, also called low-intervention wine, is made with as little chemical intervention as possible in the vineyard and the cellar. It can taste livelier and less predictable than conventional wine. You'll also see orange wine, which is white grapes fermented with their skins, on many natural lists.

How do you order wine by the glass?

Ask for una copa (a glass) or una botella (a bottle). Reds from Rioja and Ribera del Duero and whites such as Verdejo and Albariño are the names you'll meet most often on a classic list. At natural-wine bars, it's common to ask the person behind the bar to recommend a glass.

What is sherry, and why does La Venencia pour only that?

Sherry is a fortified wine from the Jerez area of Cádiz province. The dry styles are Manzanilla and Fino, and the richer ones are Amontillado, Oloroso and Palo Cortado. La Venencia pours only these wines from Cádiz, from the barrel, and doesn't serve beer or soft drinks.

Do Madrid wine bars serve food?

Most do, and it's usually built to go with the wine: cheese and cured-meat boards, conservas, tortilla, small plates to share. Some, such as García de la Navarra, cook from daily chef's suggestions, while others, such as Bendito, keep to cheese, charcuterie and tapas.

How We Built This List

Years of Eating, Asking, and Going Back

We built this list from Madrid wine-bar coverage in The Infatuation, Culinary Backstreets, Tapas magazine, World of Mouth, Walk and Eat Spain, ¡HOLA!, Con el Morro Fino, Turismo de Vino, City Confidential and La Esencia del Vino, then cross-checked every name against the Madrid venues we've profiled. A venue made the list only if its own page shows it as a place you go primarily to drink wine: a wine bar, vinoteca, natural-wine bar, sherry bar, wine shop with a bar, or a restaurant that presents itself as a vinoteca with a long by-the-glass list. We left out restaurants that simply have a good wine list, and coffee shops that also pour some natural wine. Several well-known names that came up in our research aren't included, either because they fall short of the diner ratings we require for our guides or because we don't have a page for them yet. Order follows how often each name came up across the sources and how wine-led the venue is. Opening hours change, so we give only what each venue publishes and tell you where to check.

More on how we rank: our methodology and quality standards.

The ranking

16 Best Wine Bars in Madrid

A wall of wine bottles behind a wooden table with a wooden wine box on itLa Fisna
Several wine glasses holding orange and white wine in front of a brick wall
Five wine bottles lined up on a wooden counter in front of a window
Black and white view of a bar interior with wine glasses hanging above the tables

1. La Fisna — A Lavapiés taberna with small-producer wines and a shop attached

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#327 of 1606·€€·Lavapiés·Wine Bar
Repsol Solete

La Fisna is on Calle del Amparo in Lavapiés, in what used to be Casa Donato, a castiza taberna and wine bar, and the original architecture is still there. Delia Baeza opened it in 2008 as a shop and tasting centre on Calle Doctor Fourquet and moved it here in 2016, so it works as a bar, shop, tasting room, importer and distributor at once. The list leans on small producers, with natural wine well represented, and the house ages some of the bottles that pass through it before putting them on the carta. The food is a short daily card: sirloin steak tartare on focaccia, prawn Russian salad, a croquette of cecina and San Simón cheese. It holds a Solete in the Guía Repsol. Evenings only, Monday to Friday, and you can book through CoverManager. Around €26 to €50 per person.

“Drinking wine at an under-the-radar bar in Lavapiés is a citywide pastime, and the place to do it is at La Fisna.”— The Infatuation
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  • Brioche (Madreamiga) with smoked sardine and olive tapenade (2 pcs)
  • Prawn Russian Salad
  • Wood-Oven Roasted Peppers with Tuna Belly
  • Flame-Glazed Aubergine & Parmesan
  • Cecina (Discarlux) and San Simón Cheese Croquette (1 pc)
  • Sirloin Steak Tartare with Focaccia (Madreamiga)
  • Bravas and Mussels
  • Lazy Tortilla with Sobrasada (Cal Rovira) and Pickled Piparra
  • Baby Squid, Pig's Trotters and Ear with Demi-Glace (4 pcs)
  • Glazed Meatballs with Homemade Potato Chips (4 pcs)
  • Iberian Pork Loin (Casalba, Burgos)
  • Cured Cecina (Discarlux)
  • La Fisna Cheese Selection (Formaje, Los quesos de L'Amelie)
  • Savel Blue Cheese Tart (2021 Champion) and Green Apple Ice Cream
  • Macerated Strawberries & Idiazábal Ice Cream
  • Artisan Pistachio Ice Cream (2 pcs)
  • Beef Heart Tomato from the family garden, peeled with oil and salt
  • Fresh Courgette Flowers, bonito salpicón and lettuce gazpacho (3 pcs)
  • Pan-Seared Mackerel over Homemade Green Curry
  • Pan-Seared Discarlux Sweetbreads, pea cream and kimchi
A bottle of wine and a glass of red wine on a wooden tableBendito Vinos y Vinilos

2. Bendito Vinos y Vinilos — A natural wine stall inside the Mercado de San Fernando

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#724 of 1606·€·Lavapiés·Wine Bar

Bendito Vinos y Vinilos is a natural wine bar and bottle shop at stall 4 inside the Mercado de San Fernando, on Calle de Embajadores in Lavapiés. The name comes from pairing bottles with vinyl records, and the stall is small and intimate, with a playlist running and staff who take time over recommendations, so ask. It pours low-intervention wines by the glass or the bottle, with cheese, charcuterie and tapas alongside rather than a full kitchen. It hosts tastings and pop-ups, including nights with visiting winemakers. It's closed Monday and Tuesday, and Friday and Saturday run into the evening, so check times before you go. Under €25 per person.

“Bendito has been the spot in Madrid for natural wine for over a decade”— Culinary Backstreets
A white plate of burrata with sliced fruit and tomatoesLa Canibal
Small plates of fried bites on a dark serving tray next to a glass of white wine
A round dish of cooked bites arranged around a golden centre on a wooden table
Overhead view of several small plates and a dark tray of bites on a wooden table

3. La Canibal — Natural wine, craft beer and prize-winning pinchos on Calle Argumosa

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#275 of 1001·€€·Lavapiés·Wine Bar·Chef: Carlos Manuel Méndez
Repsol Solete

La Canibal is a Lavapiés bar on Calle Argumosa built as much around the drinks list as the kitchen: a wall of sixteen natural wines on tap and more than 500 low-intervention labels, craft beer including its own brews, and market cooking. Then-chef Miguel Santamaría's berberechos en escabeche de vinagre con cerveza trapense, cockles in a vinegar escabeche with Trappist beer, won the II Official Championship of Tapas and Pinchos of the Comunidad de Madrid in 2023. It also took the Academia Madrileña de Gastronomía's Premio Vinos y Licores in the 2025 Premios Gastronómicos de Madrid, and it holds a Repsol Solete. It's open daily, from 09:00 on weekdays and midday at weekends, through to midnight, with a terrace, and it's dog-friendly. Around €26 to €50 per person. Owner Javier Vázquez opened it at the end of 2018, and young chef Carlos Manuel Méndez now runs the kitchen.

“They serve natural wine on tap (one of the greatest deals in town)”— Culinary Backstreets
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A long red-lit bar with stools and shelves of bottlesAngelita
A dining room with red booth seating and low tables
A glass of red wine beside a bottle on a light wooden table
A glass of white wine beside a bottle on a light wooden table

4. Angelita — A two-floor Chueca wine bistro over a classic cocktail bar

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#133 of 1001·€€·Chueca·Cocktail Bar
Repsol Recommended

Angelita is a family project from brothers David and Mario Villalón, who opened it on Calle de la Reina in Chueca in 2016. It has two floors: a wine bistro upstairs and a classic cocktail bar below. The wine list runs to more than 2,000 references, with around 60 by the glass. The bar is No. 45 on Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026 and has appeared on the World's 50 Best Bars extended list. The food is seasonal and built to go with the glass, much of it grown in the family's own garden: pisto with rosemary alioli, oxtail cannelloni with Palo Cortado hollandaise, a board of three, six or nine cheeses. The wine bar and dining room open Monday to Friday from 17:30, it closes for August, and you book through the widget on its own site.

“The wine list is one of the best (and most extensive!) in the city, with dozens of wines offered by the glass”— Walk and Eat Spain
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Menu15 dishes
  • Extra cecina and fried almonds
    €19.00
  • Cured meat board: cecina, "Casa Sendra" salchichón, Iberian cured pork loin
    €21.00
  • Toast with "Casa Santoña" anchovy Russian salad and roasted peppers
    €5.00
  • Korean pig's ear ssäm
    €5.25
  • Wonton roll with matanza-style cured pork, prawns and mango
    €5.25
  • Our vegetable pisto, egg yolk and rosemary all i oli
    €17.00
  • Lazy tortilla with Comté cheese and smoked eel
    €18.75
  • Beef sirloin steak tartare toasts
    €2.00
  • Oxtail cannelloni with Palo Cortado hollandaise
    €9.95
  • Iberian pluma, sweet potato and vinegar-sautéed cabbage
    €24.50
  • Sourdough bread basket
    €4.25
  • Board of 3 / 6 / 9 cheeses
    €16.00
  • Chocolate, beetroot and extra virgin olive oil
    €8.50
  • Pear, fennel and rooibos
    €8.00
  • Homemade peanut ice cream
    €5.25
A colourful bar corner with orange chairs, small round tables and a large painting on the wallFun Fun
A plate of hummus with a glass of red wine and a bread basket on a dark table
A hand holding a white bowl of tomato-based dish over a patterned floor

5. Fun Fun — Spanish-only natural wine and plant-based plates in Palacio

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#773 of 1606·€·Palacio·Wine Bar

Fun Fun is a small natural wine bar on Calle de Don Pedro, in the Palacio quarter, that pours only Spanish growers. Producers it pours include Celler La Salada in the Penedès, Esencia Rural in La Mancha and DaTerra Viticultores in the Ribeira Sacra, and the by-the-glass list changes often, orange wine included. The plates lean plant-based, with hummus, baba ganoush and a cheese board, so it's an evening spot for drinking and grazing rather than a full dinner. Tapas magazine says it has been open since 2021 and names Antonella Burton as its creator. It's closed Tuesday, and the bar says the building doesn't allow air conditioning, so it can get warm in summer. Under €25 per person.

“FUN FUN is established as a liquid ode to the national natural wine”— Tapas
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Shelves of wine bottles above a dark tiled bar counterCasa Neutrale Wine Bar
A record player on a shelf beside rows of wine bottles and glasses
A small round table with a glass of wine and a lit candle
A table set with plates of bread and charcuterie, a wine glass and a lit candle

6. Casa Neutrale Wine Bar — A candlelit Almagro natural wine room with a proper kitchen

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#492 of 1606·€€·Almagro·Wine Bar

Casa Neutrale runs more than one space under the same name, and this is its natural wine room on Amador de los Ríos in Almagro. It's small, candlelit and open evenings only, Tuesday to Saturday, with few tables, so book through the reservations page on its own site. Natural wine leads, with Spanish and French selections, and there's a cocktail list too. The kitchen is a proper one: a gilda at €3.50, Santoña anchovies, red tuna tartare, steak tartar at €20 and cacio e pepe with cured egg yolk at €17. It suits a date. Expect around €26 to €50 per person.

“another great intimate natural wine bar you can go to with close friends or for a romantic date”— The Infatuation
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Menu30 dishes
  • BREAD WITH ROOFTOP SMOKEHOUSE® SMOKED BUTTER
    €3.50
  • CRYSTAL BREAD WITH TOMATO
    €3.50
  • GILDA / EACH
    €3.50
  • SANTOÑA ANCHOVIES
    €11.00
  • CHEESE BOARD
    €12.00
  • PIQUILLO PEPPERS STUFFED WITH TUNA
    €10.00
  • RUSSIAN SALAD WITH TUNA BELLY AND PIPARRAS
    €12.00
  • RICOTTA, EVOO AND CHILI FLAKES
    €11.50
  • CECINA
    €14.50
  • SEA BASS TIRADITO WITH TIGER'S MILK
    €15.00
  • RED PRAWN CARPACCIO WITH GARLIC
    €20.00
  • MELTING RIB SANDO WITH PICKLED ONION
    €14.00
  • RED TUNA TARTARE
    €19.00
  • CACIO E PEPE WITH CURED EGG YOLK
    €17.00
  • STEAK TARTAR
    €20.00
  • 70% CHOCOLATE WITH WHIPPED CREAM AND RED BERRIES
    €7.50
  • MASCARPONE FLAN
    €7.00
  • TIRAMISÚ
    €7.00
  • DRY MARTINI
    €12.00
  • MARGARITA / MEZCALITA
    €12.00
  • PISCO SOUR
    €12.00
  • WISKEY SOUR
    €12.00
  • MOSCOW MULE
    €12.00
  • NEGRONI
    €12.00
  • MIXED DRINK
    €10.00
  • PREMIUM MIXED DRINK
    €12.00
  • MINERAL WATER / SPARKLING
    €3.00
  • SOFT DRINKS
    €3.00
  • PREPARED TOMATO JUICE
    €5.00
  • BEER
    €3.50
A wine room with floor-to-ceiling bottle shelves, carved statues and a central round barThe Library
Five bottles of red wine standing in front of a wall of wine racks
A plated meat dish with a glass of red wine on a round table
A white plate of thinly sliced cured meat on a wooden table

7. The Library — A Serrano wine boutique, bar and club with about 3,500 references

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#397 of 1606·€€€·Recoletos·Wine Bar
Repsol Recommended

The Library is Grupo Paraguas's wine venue at the top of Calle de Serrano, by the Puerta de Alcalá, set up as three things at once: a wine boutique, a gastronomic bar and a private club. Oak shelves modelled on old palace libraries hold around 3,500 references, and close to 80 wines are poured by the glass, across reds, whites, rosés, sparkling, fortified and sweet. The food is designed with the wine leading: there's an à la carte option, and a small private room serves two tasting menus, Sileno and Baco, each with an optional pairing. The bar opens daily from 13:00 to 02:00, until 02:30 on Friday and Saturday. A dress code and right of admission apply. It's in the Guía Repsol. Around €51 to €100 per person.

“If your dream library is filled with wine and not books, head to The Library”— The Infatuation
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Menu27 dishes
  • Jamón Ibérico
  • Wagyu Cecina
  • Special No. 2 Oyster Natural (Each)
  • Pisto in Bluefin Tuna Belly Nigiri
  • Caviar, Pork Jowl and Cured Egg Yolk on Brioche
  • Boiled Denia Red Prawn (100g)
  • Seafood Salpicón
  • Corvina Tiradito with Citrus Fennel Salad
  • Tuna Tartare over Tomato Heart and Olive Emulsion
  • Sweet and Sour Free-Range Chicken Caesar Salad
  • Confit Tomato, Avocado and Mango Salad
  • King Crab Leg, Sesame, Orange, Escarole Salad and Passion Fruit
  • Jerusalem Artichoke Cream, Smoked Duck Magret and Shimeji Mushrooms
  • Parsnip Cream with Spider Crab
  • Carabinero Prawn Croquettes
  • Scallop with Albariño (Each)
  • Stewed Mushrooms, Poached Egg and Jamón Ibérico
  • Lobster and Spider Crab Lasagne with Sea Urchin Sauce
  • Baby Squid with Onions in Green Sauce
  • Roasted Wild Sea Bass with Beurre Blanc, Fennel, Apple and Celery
  • Hake in Suquet Sauce with Snow Peas
  • Sirloin Steak Tartare
  • Wagyu Roast Beef with Glazed Baby Onions
  • Oxtail Burger
  • Boneless Lamb Shoulder Cooked Sous Vide
  • Achiote-Marinated Capon with Roasted Baby Potatoes
  • White Veal Shank with Mashed Potatoes (Min. 2 people)
A brick-walled dining room with wooden tables, white chairs and framed photosVinology
A bottle of orange wine and a glass beside a bowl of pasta on a wooden table
A wine glass on a wooden table with a lit candle and a book
Wooden shelves of wine bottles and books in a brick alcove

8. Vinology — Pilar Oltra's Almagro wine bar and shop, mostly Spanish bottles

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#365 of 1001·€€€·Almagro·Wine Bar

Vinology is a wine bar on Calle de Zurbano in Almagro, founded in 2010 by Pilar Oltra, and it's her second Madrid location. The list is mostly Spanish, with French and Argentine bottles alongside, and more than 50 wines are poured by the glass. It doubles as a wine shop, and the cooking is seasonal and meant to sit alongside the wines, with Javier Goya as culinary adviser. The bar card runs from a Gilda XL to a tortilla pincho, and the kitchen from Galician octopus roasted in red wine to a Simmental beef txuleta. It's closed on Sundays, and you book through CoverManager.

“Vinology es una forma de vida y de entender el vino”— ¡HOLA!
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Menu29 dishes
  • Gilda XLbluefin tuna, pickled onion, piparra pepper, anchovy, sun-dried tomato
    €7.00
  • Anchovy on brioche bread with butter and Iberian pork jowl
    €5.00
  • Hummus with crudités
    €12.00
  • Mini potato with oxtail
    €4.00
  • Tortilla de patata pincho with caramelized onion
    €5.00
  • Mini toast with black pudding, pepper and quail egg
    €6.00
  • Argentine knife-cut beef empanada with criolla sauce
    €6.00
  • Pastrami and gruyère bikini sandwich
    €18.00
  • Artisan cheese board
    €24.00
  • Arturo Sánchez acorn-fed Iberian charcuterie board, from Guijuelo, Salamanca
    €18.00
  • Discarlux cecina from León, almonds
    €24.00
  • Sourdough bread with our own smoked butterper person
    €3.50
  • Vinology Russian Salad
    €8.00
  • Dressed seasonal tomatowith tuna belly +5€
    €15.00
  • Burrata with pesto and dehydrated tomato
    €16.00
  • Confit artichoke, onion sauce, cecina shavings
    €13.00
  • Confit leek with romesco sauce
    €19.00
  • Garlic red prawn tiradito, Manzanilla sherry from Sanlúcar
    €28.00
  • Bluefin tuna tartare, almond mazamorra, warm red wine granita
    €28.00
  • Galician rock octopus roasted in red wine, yellow pepper and potatoes
    €30.00
  • Steak tartare, Vinology style, prepared to your taste
    €25.00
  • Slow-cooked oxtail in wine, va douvan, croissantsfor 2 people
    €35.00
  • Arturo Sánchez acorn-fed Iberian presa, green peppercorn with shallots and potatoes
    €29.00
  • Charcoal-grilled veal sweetbread, lemon
    €30.00
  • Charcoal-grilled skirt steak (300g)
    €26.00
  • Charcoal-grilled Discarlux Simmental beef txuleta (1 kg)
    €85.00
  • Green salad
    €6.00
  • Roasted potatoes
    €6.00
  • Vine-cutting roasted peppers
    €6.00
A wine bar interior with shelves of bottles, a leather sofa and a warm hanging lampPropaganda 12
Hands raising glasses of red wine in a toast over a table
A plate of tomato salad and skewers with bread on a patterned plate
A dark plate of watermelon cubes with blue cheese and mint leaves

9. Propaganda 12 — An Italian-accented Chueca vinoteca with a cellar you can shop

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#752 of 1001·€€·Chueca·Italian

Propaganda 12 is a vinoteca with an Italian accent on Calle de la Libertad in Chueca. The main list runs to more than 365 wines, 30 of them rotating by the glass, and trained vinateros walk you through it. A visible wine cellar doubles as a retail shop, so you can take a bottle home. The food leans Italian too: a charcuterie board with truffled mortadella, bresaola, speck del Trentino and porchetta di Ariccia, cheese boards, and shareable plates such as caponata alla Siciliana. There are monthly themed tastings with visiting winery representatives, and a Sunday champagne brunch. The venue describes the room as modern, intimate and cosy, good for a date or a night out with friends. Around €26 to €50 per person.

“365 vinos tienen en carta. Italianos en su mayoría.”— La Esencia del Vino
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  • Caponata alla SicilianaAubergine, tomato, almond, pine nut and raisin pisto
  • Confit artichokes with Parmesan fondueServed with Parmesan cheese fondue
    €8.00
  • Bistecca di Cavolfiore Cacio e PepeCauliflower steak with Pecorino cheese and pepper sauce
    €14.00
  • Three Garden TomatoesA trilogy of local garden tomatoes: negro bárbaro, rebel and raf, grown organically and locally (Km 0)
    €15.00
  • Arrosticini Abruzzesi8 lamb skewers, Abruzzo style
    €14.00
  • Vitel TonnéVeal with tuna sauce, Piedmontese style
  • Muhammara AubergineRoasted aubergine with sweet pepper and walnut pesto
    €13.50
  • Lingua di Manzo in Salsa Verde alla GiudiaTender beef tongue with green sauce
    €14.00
  • Prosciutto e MeloneSweet, juicy cantaloupe melon with thinly sliced Prosciutto San Daniele
    €15.00
  • Focaccia al RosmarinoWarm focaccia bread with rosemary
    €7.50
  • Truffled MortadellaBologna mortadella with truffle
  • Mortadella Classica al PistacchioClassic mortadella with grated pistachio
  • Prosciutto San DanieleProsciutto di San Daniele D.O.P., cured and served in thin slices
  • Coppa di ParmaCoppa di Parma
  • Speck del TrentinoSmoked Italian "prosciutto" from the Trentino region
  • Pork & RollBoard of Italian cured meats, served with pickles and Dijon mustard
    €24.00
  • Tris de MortadellaTruffled mortadella, classic mortadella, salame rosa di Bologna, served with Dijon mustard
    €24.00
  • Grand Iberian Ham80g of 100% jamón ibérico de bellota, knife-cut
    €35.00
  • 3-Cheese BoardMoliterno al Tartufo, buffalo blue cheese and whiskey-aged cheese with orange marmalade, grapes and nuts
    €26.00
  • 5-Cheese BoardChampagne Gorgonzola, buffalo blue cheese, Moliterno al Tartufo, Parmesan and whiskey-aged cheese with orange marmalade, grapes and nuts
    €36.00
  • Burrata di AndriaFresh burrata served with boozy peach and grated tomato
    €21.00
  • Champagne GorgonzolaChampagne Gorgonzola cheese cream served with Pugliese tarallucci
    €12.00
  • Treccia di Mozzarella di BufalaBuffalo mozzarella braid served with tomatoes and basil pesto
    €25.00
  • Camembert grilléMelted Camembert served with tomato jam and toasted bread
    €18.00
  • OystersPlain oyster
    €6.00
  • Tataki di TonnoTuna tataki salad with baby leaf mix, avocado, sun-dried tomatoes, Kalamata olives and vinaigrette
    €18.00
  • Caprese di Treccia di BufalaA trilogy of local garden tomatoes: negro bárbaro, rebel and raf, grown organically and locally (Km 0), with buffalo mozzarella, black olives and fresh basil, served with garlic bread
    €18.00
  • Crostone MilanoNorthern Italy in one bite: golden rustic bread, spiced sausage and mascarpone with dill
    €15.00
  • Crostone di Mozzarella & Alici del CantábricoWarm artisan bread toast with buffalo mozzarella cheese, Cantabrian anchovies and fresh anchovies
    €18.00
  • Crostone di Carciofi alla PizzaiolaWarm artisan bread toast with artichokes, tomato sauce, capers, black olives and parsley
    €16.00
  • Pizza alla PalaBuffalo mozzarella, spinach, pistachio mortadella, baked cherry tomatoes, Parmesan and basil pesto
    €16.00
  • Steak TartareKnife-cut sirloin with quail egg and crispy Pan Carasau
    €24.00
  • Beef CarpaccioThin-sliced sirloin, rocket, Parmesan, cherry tomatoes and mushroom shavings
    €21.00
  • Tartare di TonnoCrispy corn toast with tuna tartare, avocado, jalapeño, lime and dried chili, served over fresh burrata
    €18.00
  • Ravioloni ripieni di Porcini e TartufoFresh pasta filled with boletus mushrooms, butter and black truffle
    €26.00
  • Spaghettone ai Frutti di MareSpaghetti with a selection of seafood and fish en papillote
    €26.00
  • Gnocchi di Patate alla SorrentinaPotato gnocchi with tomato sauce, mozzarella, Parmesan and fresh basil
    €19.00
  • Guancia di Manzo Brasata al BaroloBeef cheeks in Barolo red wine sauce, served with polenta
    €26.00
  • Spaghettone alla Carbonara / TruffledClassic spaghetti alla Carbonara / with truffle
  • Galletto al MattoneFree-range spring chicken al mattone, golden crispy skin, juicy and flavourful inside, with baked potatoes
    €24.00
  • Lasagna di Zucchine e Pesto GenoveseLasagna with courgette, mozzarella and basil pesto
    €21.00
  • Pasta of the dayA different fresh pasta every day
    €19.00
  • Polpette PropagandaVeal meatballs in tomato sauce, served with mashed potatoes and Parmesan shavings
    €21.00
  • Warm Rosetta bread served with buffalo butter, extra virgin olive oil and rosemary + cover charge (per person)
    €2.50
Two glasses of white and red wine in warm lightEntrevinos
A tavern dining room with a wooden bar, stools and tiled floor
A row of wine bottles standing on a counter in front of wine racks
A table with several plates of small dishes and glasses of red and rose wine

10. Entrevinos — An Argüelles taberna with a long list and market cooking

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#1032 of 1606·€€·Arguelles·Wine Bar

Entrevinos is a wine bar and taberna on Calle de Ferraz in Argüelles, open since 1996. The pull is the wine list, which runs from modest bottles to showpieces, with a wide by-the-glass selection. The kitchen cooks from the market and the season, with wild mushroom dishes, cecina, spider crab and a tortilla abierta with prawns and spinach. The room is laid-back and unpretentious, the kind of place to sit over a bottle and pick at a few plates. Lunch is served daily from 13:00 to 17:00, and dinner Monday to Saturday, until 01:00 on Friday and Saturday. Around €20 to €30 per person.

“Sugerente listado de vinos españoles e internacionales por copas o en botella.”— Turismo de Vino
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A plate of cured meat slices with breadsticks and a bowl of green olivesLa Venencia

11. La Venencia — A sherry-only bar in the Barrio de las Letras, no photos

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#1041 of 1606·€·Centro (Barrio de las Letras)·Andalusian

La Venencia is a historic sherry bar on Calle de Echegaray in the Barrio de las Letras, and it pours only wines from Cádiz: Manzanilla, Fino, Amontillado, Oloroso and Palo Cortado, by the glass from the barrel. There's no beer and no soft drinks. The house rules are part of the visit: no photos, no tips, and each round is chalked on the wooden bar. It's remembered as a Republican gathering spot during the Civil War, with Ernest Hemingway among its regulars, and the no-photos rule is traced to that era. Food is bar snacks meant for the wine: mojama, huevas, cured meats, olives, cheese, almonds and anchovy tostas. Open daily, 12:30 to 15:30 and 19:30 to midnight. Under €25 per person.

“La Venencia is the definitive place to try sherry wines while visiting Madrid.”— Walk and Eat Spain
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Menu14 dishes
  • Manzanilla
    €1.90
  • Fino
    €1.90
  • Amontillado
    €2.20
  • Palo cortado
    €2.20
  • Oloroso
    €2.20
  • Mojama
    €2.50
  • Hueva
    €3.00
  • Lomo
    €4.50
  • Cheese
    €2.00
  • Chorizo
    €1.50
  • Salchichón
    €1.50
  • Cecina
    €2.50
  • Roquefort (tapa)
    €1.00
  • Anchovy (tapa)
    €2.50
A steel counter with wine glasses and a plate of tomato toast in front of a glass fridge of bottlesMasa
Glass-fronted fridges filled with wine bottles along a wall
Bottles of wine lined up on a shelf in front of a tiled wall
A glass of white wine and a small bowl of green olives on a steel counter

12. Masa — Deep-cut natural wine, vinyl only, on a Chamberí terrace

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#667 of 1606·€€·Chamberí·Wine Bar

Masa Vins is the Madrid house of a natural wine bar that first opened in Barcelona in April 2023, founded by Dani Bajc and Antonella Tignanelli. It's on Calle de Trafalgar in Chamberí, pitched as a living room away from home: unstuffy, with vinyl-only music and a terrace outside. The list is deep-cut natural wine, with a focus on family-run and female winemakers, from Spain, Slovenia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Italy, Austria and France. The menu changes every season, running to tuna, ceviche, fainá and a cheese board. Check its current hours before you go, and for groups of more than ten the bar asks you to message it on WhatsApp. Around €26 to €50 per person.

“If Bendito represents where natural wine started in Madrid, Masa is where it is headed.”— Walk and Eat Spain
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A softly lit dining room with wooden tables, chairs and a large paintingGarcía de la Navarra
A plate of fried croquettes beside glasses of red wine on a white tablecloth
A white bowl of a tomato-based dish beside a glass of red wine
A plate of green vegetables beside a glass of white wine on a set table

13. García de la Navarra — A family vinoteca by the Prado with a slate of daily pours

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#67 of 1001·€€·Jerónimos·Wine Bar·Chef: Pedro García de la Navarra
Repsol

García de la Navarra is a family restaurant and vinoteca in the Jerónimos quarter of Retiro, on Calle de Montalbán near the Prado, run by two brothers: Pedro cooks, and Luis looks after the dining room and the cellar. The García de la Navarra brothers opened it in 2011, after running La Taberna de Pedro together. The cellar is the other pillar, at about 700 varieties and 1,900 labels kept in climate-controlled cellars, with the week's by-the-glass wines chalked on a slate. There's no fixed carta. The kitchen works from daily suggestions of traditional Spanish home cooking, such as artichokes, black truffle croquetas and partridge a la toledana. It holds one Sol in the Guía Repsol and has a terrace. It's open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. Around €26 to €50 per person.

“es de los sitios imprescindibles para los amantes del vino y de la gastronomía”— ¡HOLA!
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Menu12 dishes
  • Homemade flan
    €9.30
  • Homemade cheesecake
    €9.50
  • Homemade chocolate cake
    €10.00
  • Homemade apple tart
    €9.50
  • Homemade Lemon Tart
    €9.80
  • Chocolate bomb
    €9.20
  • Ice cream
    €9.00
  • Assorted cheese board
    €19.00
  • Fruit
    €9.50
  • Tocino de cielo (egg yolk custard)
    €9.50
  • Panchineta
    €10.00
  • Canutillos (pastry horns) (each)
    €4.00
A counter of oysters on ice with two wine bottles beside itBatch
A white bowl of green sauce with a small garnish on a patterned surface
Two seared scallops in a creamy sauce with spinach leaves on a white plate
A white plate of a dark glazed dish on a pink tablecloth

14. Batch — Natural wine and house ferments at a Vallehermoso market counter

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#193 of 1001·€€·Arapiles·Spanish·Chef: Daniel Varea
Repsol Recommended

Batch is a counter inside the Mercado de Vallehermoso, on Calle de Vallehermoso in Arapiles, in Chamberí. It opened in December 2020. The house sums its offer up as natural wines, homemade ferments and market cooking, and the ferments are made in house. It's a stall rather than a restaurant with its own front door, so you eat in or take away. The cooking is creative Spanish, with dishes such as oysters with beetroot and anchovy colatura, and tripe, trotter and snout. Tapas magazine names Nacho García and chef Daniel Varea as its co-directors. It's in the Guía Repsol as Recomendado. It opens Tuesday to Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday, and takes bookings through CoverManager. Around €30 to €50 per person.

“Among its fermented wines, kimchis and chucruts, natural wines are its strong point.”— Tapas
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Menu15 dishes
  • Oysters / Beetroot / Anchovy colatura / Capers
  • Roasted tomato 70ºC / Red pepper / EVOO
  • Panna cotta / Green asparagus / Horseradish / Miso
  • Bonito in light cure / Mussel escabeche / Blackberry
  • Txipiron / Squid ink sauce / Butifarra
  • Fresh white beans / Rockfish broth / Langoustine / Red mullet / Clam
  • Tripe / Trotter / Snout
  • Ask us
  • Hake / Vizcaína sauce / Courgette flower
  • Tuna cheek / Olive / Tarragon / Gherkins
  • Grilled veal sweetbread / Green beans / Ham
  • Presa Joselito / Chanterelles / Majado sauce
  • Scallops / Spinach / Codium seaweed sauce / Trout roe
  • Baba / Mara de Bois / Almond and elderflower ice cream
  • 70% chocolate tart / Cocoa sablée / Fig leaf ice cream
Two glasses of white wine on a marble bar with a small dish of nutsDe Vinos
A glass of red wine on a marble table beside a small dish of nuts
A glass of red vermouth with an orange slice beside a small dish of snacks

15. De Vinos — A sommelier-run wine bar in an old Calle de la Palma dairy

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#431 of 1606·€·Malasaña·Spanish
Repsol Solete

De Vinos is a wine bar on Calle de la Palma, in a room that used to be a dairy shop, run by sommelier Yolanda Morán. Wine is the point, by the glass and by the bottle, with raciones alongside: tortilla, avocado dishes, cecina, tostas, conservas and sardines, plus vermouth. The house runs tastings of every kind, some paired with music, cheese or even ice cream, in Spanish and in English. It holds a Solete in the Guía Repsol. It's evenings only, Tuesday to Saturday, from 19:30 midweek and from 19:00 on Friday and Saturday, running late at the weekend. Under €25 per person.

“On the surface, De Vinos looks like an old-school Madrid taberna, but once you spend some time there, you’ll realize it’s more nuanced.”— The Infatuation
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A wooden table with sliced cured meats, tinned fish, a tortilla wedge and breadVinoteca Vides
A bottle of red wine and a full glass on a wooden counter in front of wine racks
A bottle of red wine and a glass on a wooden counter in front of wine racks
A bowl of white bean stew beside a glass and bottle of red wine

16. Vinoteca Vides — Vicente Herrero's Chueca vinoteca: Spanish glasses and cheese boards

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#313 of 1606·€·Chueca·Spanish
Repsol Solete

Vinoteca Vides is Vicente Herrero's wine bar on Calle de la Libertad in Chueca, and it holds a Repsol Solete. The list is Spanish and wide-ranging, poured by the glass with a small aperitivo alongside each one, and staff will steer you to denominations beyond the usual ones if you ask. The food is built to go with it: cheese and charcuterie boards, tortilla, ibérico ham and boquerones en vinagre, plus tinned conservas and dishes with an Albacete streak, such as pheasant in mild escabeche and orza-preserved pork loin. It suits a group working through the list glass by glass. Open evenings from 17:00 Tuesday to Friday and from noon on Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday. Around €10 to €20 per person.

“Vides is the classic, predictably packed Spanish taberna, and the OG of the Madrid wine bar scene.”— The Infatuation
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Menu48 dishes
  • Pheasant in mild escabeche
  • Orza-preserved pork loin
  • Acorn-fed Iberian ham (Extremadura)
  • Acorn-fed Iberian pork loin (Extremadura)
  • Acorn-fed Iberian salchichón / chorizo
  • Iberian blood sausage
  • Orza-preserved chorizo (1 piece)
  • Duck ham
  • Anchovies
  • Barbate tuna loin in oil (Herpac)
  • Barbate Mojama (Herpac)
  • Boned quails
  • Jar of Villada blood sausage
  • Stuffed piquillo peppers
  • Potato tortilla (with onion)
  • Pâté board
  • Boquerones in vinegar
  • Scorpionfish pâté
  • Bread
  • Toasted bread with olive oil
  • Mixed board, chosen by your trusted tavern keeper (4 different)
  • Well-aged sheep's milk Manchego
  • Sheep's milk Manchego
  • Goat's milk Manchego
  • Goat's milk Manchego with tomato and pepper
  • Goat's milk Manchego with honey and rosemary
  • Manchego-style sheep's milk torta, Majazul thistle flower
  • Manchego in oil (strong)
  • Elvira García goat cheese, washed rind
  • Radiquero cheese, goat
  • Sheep's milk Zamorano with La Vera paprika
  • Sheep's milk Zamorano with pepper rind
  • Pría three-milk cheese (Asturias)
  • Oro de Prases cow's milk cheese (Cantabria)
  • Artisan Payoyo (Cádiz)
  • Idiazábal, Lacha sheep's milk (Basque Country)
  • Spicy Afuega'l Pitu cow's milk cheese (Asturias)
  • Cabrales, three-milk (Asturias)
  • Casín cow's milk cheese (Asturias)
  • Mussels
  • Octopus
  • Clams
  • Razor clams
  • Queen scallops
  • Cockles
  • 42 premium small sardines
  • Baby artichoke hearts
  • Asparagus

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The bigger picture

The wine bars Scene in Madrid

Madrid's wine bars cluster in a handful of barrios. Lavapiés has La Fisna on Calle del Amparo, La Canibal on Calle Argumosa and Bendito Vinos y Vinilos inside the Mercado de San Fernando. Chueca has Angelita on Calle de la Reina, and Propaganda 12 and Vinoteca Vides on Calle de la Libertad. Almagro has Casa Neutrale Wine Bar on Amador de los Ríos and Vinology on Calle de Zurbano. In Chamberí, Masa is on Calle de Trafalgar and Batch is inside the Mercado de Vallehermoso. La Venencia is on Calle de Echegaray in the Barrio de las Letras, The Library is at the top of Calle de Serrano, Entrevinos is on Calle de Ferraz in Argüelles, García de la Navarra is in the Jerónimos quarter of Retiro, Fun Fun is in Palacio, and De Vinos is on Calle de la Palma. Two of the 16 sit inside food markets, and La Fisna, Propaganda 12, Vinology and The Library also sell wine to take home.

Practical tips

Know before you go

A short survival guide for eating wine bars in Madrid— everything we wish we’d known on our first trip.

  1. 1

    Check the days before you go

    Many of these are evening rooms with short weeks. La Fisna is open Monday to Friday evenings only, Casa Neutrale Wine Bar is open Tuesday to Saturday evenings, and Fun Fun is closed on Tuesday. Bendito is closed Monday and Tuesday.

  2. 2

    Book where the venue takes bookings

    La Fisna, Angelita, The Library, Vinology, Batch and Casa Neutrale Wine Bar take online bookings through their own sites, and García de la Navarra takes them by phone or online. Casa Neutrale has few tables, so it's worth booking.

  3. 3

    Ask for a recommendation

    At a natural-wine bar the best move is usually to ask what to drink. Bendito says its staff take time over recommendations, and Vinoteca Vides says its staff will steer you towards denominations beyond the usual ones.

  4. 4

    Mind the house rules

    La Venencia doesn't allow photos and doesn't take tips, and each round is chalked on the bar. The Library applies a dress code and right of admission.

  5. 5

    Wine to take home

    La Fisna, Propaganda 12, Vinology and Bendito all sell bottles as well as pouring them, and The Library is a wine boutique as well as a bar.

Know the terms

Glossary

The vocabulary you need to order wine bars in Madrid like a local.

Vinoteca
A wine bar or wine shop where the wine is the main reason to go, usually with food to go alongside.
Copa
A glass of wine. A bottle is una botella.
Vino natural
Natural or low-intervention wine, made with as little chemical intervention as possible in the vineyard and the cellar.
Vino naranja
Orange wine, made from white grapes fermented with their skins.
Jerez
Sherry, the fortified wine of the Jerez area of Cádiz province. Styles include Manzanilla, Fino, Amontillado, Oloroso and Palo Cortado.
Gilda
A classic bar snack skewer, typically anchovy with olive and a pickled pepper, though bars vary the ingredients.

Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

All restaurants on this list were independently verified as open and serving the dishes described as of .

What are the best wine bars in Madrid?

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La Fisna, La Canibal, Batch, Bendito Vinos y Vinilos, Angelita and Fun Fun came up most often across the guides we read. La Fisna is on Calle del Amparo in Lavapiés, and La Canibal is on Calle Argumosa, also in Lavapiés.

Where can you drink natural wine in Madrid?

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Bendito Vinos y Vinilos in the Mercado de San Fernando, Fun Fun in Palacio, Casa Neutrale Wine Bar in Almagro and Masa in Chamberí are natural-wine bars. La Fisna and La Canibal also have natural wine well represented on their lists.

Which Madrid bar serves only sherry?

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La Venencia, on Calle de Echegaray in the Barrio de las Letras, pours only wines from Cádiz: Manzanilla, Fino, Amontillado, Oloroso and Palo Cortado. It serves no beer or soft drinks, allows no photos and doesn't take tips.

Which Madrid wine bars have big wine lists?

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The Library has around 3,500 references and close to 80 by the glass. Angelita has more than 2,000 references, around 60 by the glass. García de la Navarra has about 700 varieties and 1,900 labels, and Propaganda 12 more than 365 wines.

Which Madrid wine bars are good for a date?

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Casa Neutrale Wine Bar is candlelit and small, which suits a date. Propaganda 12 describes its room as modern, intimate and cosy, good for a date or a night out with friends.

Which Madrid wine bars are inside a market?

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Bendito Vinos y Vinilos is at stall 4 in the Mercado de San Fernando in Lavapiés, and Batch is a counter inside the Mercado de Vallehermoso in Chamberí.

Which Madrid wine bars are open at lunchtime?

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La Canibal is open daily from 09:00 on weekdays and midday at weekends. The Library's bar opens daily at 13:00, and Entrevinos serves lunch daily from 13:00. La Venencia opens daily at 12:30, and García de la Navarra serves lunch Tuesday to Saturday.

Can you buy wine to take home at a Madrid wine bar?

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Yes, at several. La Fisna works as a shop as well as a bar, Propaganda 12's visible cellar doubles as a retail shop, Vinology doubles as a wine shop, and Bendito is a bar and bottle shop. The Library is a wine boutique too.

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Justin Mota is the founder of Guidavera. He has lived in Spain for over 10 years and runs a native AI agency alongside building this platform. Food has always been the way Justin connects with friends, and Guidavera started as the list he kept sending to everyone visiting Barcelona. He built it for himself and his friends first, and now hopes it can transform the way people discover great food experiences everywhere.

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